FKIE_CVE-2024-55591

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2025-01-14 14:15 - Updated: 2026-08-05 05:16
Severity
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
An Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel vulnerability [CWE-288] affecting FortiOS version 7.0.0 through 7.0.16 and FortiProxy version 7.0.0 through 7.0.19 and 7.2.0 through 7.2.12 allows a remote attacker to gain super-admin privileges via crafted requests to Node.js websocket module.
References
psirt@fortinet.comhttps://fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-24-535Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2024-55591US Government Resource
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
fortinet fortiproxy *
fortinet fortiproxy *
fortinet fortios *
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